iOS 26.5 Public Beta: Is End-to-End Encrypted RCS Messaging Finally Coming to iPhone?Apple released the first public beta of iOS 26.5 on Monday, about two weeks after the company released the massive iOS 26.4 update, which included new emoji, video podcasts and more. The iOS 26.5 beta brings a few smaller -- but significant -- changes to the iPhones of developers and beta testers, including one...

March Madness 2026: How to Watch the First Four Why You Can Trust CNET Our expert, award-winning staff selects the products we cover and rigorously researches and tests our top picks. If you buy through our links, we may get a commission. Reviews ethics statement Don't miss the men's and women's NCAA tournament as it begins this week with the First Four. Liz Kocan has spent...

OpenAI’s vision for the AI economy: public wealth funds, robot taxes, and a four-day work week As governments grapple with how to manage the economic fallout of superintelligent machines, OpenAI has released a set of policy proposals outlining the ways wealth and work could be reshaped in an “intelligence age.” The ideas blend traditionally left-leaning mechanisms like public wealth funds and...

Who will succeed Khamenei? Who will succeed Khamenei? Iran's supreme leader is dead, but the regime endures. Iran scholar Mehrzad Boroujerdi walks through how the leadership succession could unfold.

How did Pakistan bring Iran and the U.S. to the negotiating table? Pakistan's role as mediator Pakistan has acted as a mediator between Washington D.C. and Tehran over the last few weeks, and helped broker the ceasefire agreement this week. NPR's Juana Summers talks to Elizabeth Threlkeld, a senior fellow and director at the Stimson Center, about why Pakistan...